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Criticality when viewing and listening 2: How images shape our understanding of social justice.

1. Watch the TED talk by Sarah Lewis. (Lewis, S. How Images Shape Our Understanding of Justice. TEDxHarvardCollege 7 Dec 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRjq17Q2XTQ

2. The first time you watch, focus on what you see and hear. Don’t take notes.

3. Then read the questions below and select the most appropriate answer(s) for each. There could be more than one correct answer.

4. Check your answers at this link. Answers to viewing and listening 2


Questions

1. Which of these statements best represents Sarah Lewis’s argument in this talk?

a) As we take trillions of images every year, images have lost the power to affect us

b) Images can be powerful catalysts for action on social justice

c) Images are not as powerful as music for recognising genius.

d) Images are more powerful than music for recognising genius.

2. Which of these statements reflect points made by Sarah Lewis in her talk?

a) Sarah Lewis’s grandfather was powerfully affected by hearing Louis Armstrong play the trumpet.

b) Sarah Lewis’s grandfather spread messages of social justice through playing the trumpet to vast audiences.

c) Sarah Lewis’s grandfather was a painter.

d) Sarah Lewis’s grandfather was met President Obama

3. What of these statements were made by Sarah Lewis in her talk?

a) 14 trillion images are created every year.

b) 14 trillion have been created since the nineteenth century

c) A trillion images were created in 2014.

d) In 2014, there were a trillion views on YouTube.

4. What of these statements is an accurate reflection of what Sarah Lewis says in her talk?

a) Frederick Douglass was the most photographed American man in nineteenth century USA

b) Frederick Douglass was rarely photographed, because it was not allowed for African Americans in the nineteenth century.

c) Frederick Douglass was the most famous American photographer of the nineteenth century

d) Frederick Douglass was photographed more than Abraham Lincoln.

5. Which of these statements reflect what Sarah Lewis says about Frederick Douglass in her talk?

a) Frederick Douglass was ahead of his time in speaking out against the harms of combat during the civil war.

b) Frederick Douglass spoke of the power of representation in achieving reconciliation in the American civil war.

c) Frederick Douglass understood that a picture has the power to stimulate the imagination in the interests of social justice

d) Frederick Douglass was more interested in culture than in civil rights.

6. Which of these statements reflects what Sarah Lewis says about Charles Black in her talk?

a) He was the greatest African American lawyer of the nineteenth century.

b) He was only 16 when he took up arms against segregation, in defence of civil rights.

c) He was decorated by the Supreme Court for defending segregation

d) He was inspired to fight segregation through listening to a trumpet being played.

7. Which of these statements reflect points made by Sarah Lewis in this talk?

a) Images get censored because it is recognised that they can be powerful.

b) Companies should understand the weight that can be carried by images they send into the world.

c) There are more images censored today simply because trillions of images are now send into the world.

d) Companies should be incentivised to create images that promote social justice.

8. Which of these statements best reflect points made by Sarah Lewis in this talk?

a) Funding for the arts should be increased to help stimulate more people engage in social justice.

b) Public justice begins with private moments in which the arts can help us to effect a mental shift.

c) It is important to slow down our thinking, so we can recognise where we need to self-correct.

d) Companies should provide more cultural events in the workplace, so that the working environment is a more socially just place for everyone.

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